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[...]wearing a cute costume and singing a magical formula with a colored staff. One must fight witches, untouchable enemies which are origins of accidents and suicides. Facing destiny with one own life at stake is the very definition of a hero, but it has also another meaning: bidding farewell to one's family and friends as justice doesn't allow love from their entourage. The whole serie will dwells in Madoka's thoughts over this decision. In other words, nothing much happens during these twelve episodes. But the issue is completely different: this "magical girl" study is nothing close to original. Meg, the witch (Majokko Megu-chan) also raised such questions about the loneliness of a heroine back in an eponymous series on 1974.
Lately, Nanoha from the same [...] (most likely implying: from the same realisator)

Unless someone correct me, that's pretty much the translation of the scan, and yes: it doesn't look exactly structured or pertinent, and even in French, that part is onoxious to "compute" (the writing style in French is always annoying as throwing several points one after another as successive sentences is considered fine for some reason, even when the connection between the sentences are next to null.

The article itself hardly sounds anything pertinent anyway and the way how the author "justified" himself on their forums is enough to have an idea that he doesn't know jack of what he is talking about.

That said, I don't think french blogosphère was really unaffected by Madoka, considering a good deal did enjoyed it.

Thanks for the translation. It behooves me that the AL writer-critic tries to bring up and unfairly compare Madoka with an older show that's obscure to all but known only to older fans (above 40) or the self-proclaimed hardcore (I've seen too many of those snooty types down at MAL, especially those with insanely huge "I have watched this-and-that" lists that proclaim the size of their e-peen).

Part of the reason why Madoka Magica sometimes gets compared to much older magical girl shows is that people don't always have a good handle on what precisely it is that makes Madoka Magica distinct and original.

A lot of people go "Oh wow, a magical girl show with a darker tone!" when it comes to Madoka Magica. Well, honestly, such a comment really does do a bit of a disservice to the magical girl genre. There have been magical girl anime shows of a generally dark tone prior to Madoka Magica. Heck, even the final season of Sailor Moon was plenty dark.

What makes Madoka Magica distinct/original isn't simply that it has a darker atmosphere or tone, it's how it achieves that tone.

It's not that it's hard or lonely to be a Puella Magi (it generally is, but that's not the main thing). It's not that lives are lost in battling mysterious enemies. Other magical girl shows have had similar elements. It's that:

1) The magical girl system itself is the problem. It's a horrific ponzi scheme of sorts that's self-sustaining and causes the very same problems (witches, familiars) that magical girls are recruited to combat.

2) The magical girl familiar isn't a being with the magical girl's best interests at heart. He's an exploitative pied piper of sorts who knowingly leads girls down a pathway of doom and self-destruction. While some magical girl familiars can be harsh taskmasters, none (before Kyubey) were akin to loan sharks that use your very life as collateral.

I haven't seen all magical girl shows, but from what I have seen, these two elements really are original to Madoka Magica.

That said, I don't think french blogosphère was really unaffected by Madoka, considering a good deal did enjoyed it.

Well maybe I just looked in the wrong places. I definatly hope so.

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The article itself hardly sounds anything pertinent anyway and the way how the author "justified" himself on their forums is enough to have an idea that he doesn't know jack of what he is talking about.

And that's a mystery to me, Steve Naumann's been working there for years,since the 90s even I think.
Maybe he's just a hipster,could be why he finds Fractale to be Yakaman's underated masterpiece.

Hmm, I don't know who Zac is. But I'm surprised that such thread was created. Does review from someone really matter that much? By the way, I'm LOL at that French review. I'm pretty sure he/she didn't actually watch it but just reading some random opinion from bloggers/posters. If changing rule of the universe is nothing then I don't know anymore which is important.

The one at ANN was "nothing happened at the past 7-8 episodes" (I mean a poster)

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The French one almost sounds like he was watching a show without subs and thus completely missed the Magical Girls == witch formula and thought it was just a darker version of typical Magical Girl shows, hence the comparison to older shows.

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It's a surprisingly good review considering it's from ANN. So many times they look for the bad. I've read some horrid reviews on there.... if the reviewer didn't like the first two volumes you can be sure they'll bash it past ten.

I came across a fan created Magica x Evangelion story.
i think that alone proves that Magica has been accepted by the Eva fans, which are pretty hard to convince.
Had a good laugh reading it too... Gendo was QB.

I came across a fan created Magica x Evangelion story.
i think that alone proves that Magica has been accepted by the Eva fans, which are pretty hard to convince.
Had a good laugh reading it too... Gendo was QB.

I'm working on a crossover (but still on-hold due to IRL issues): Angels and Witches.

Good link and good review. They should have mentioned that even though the MSRP is high, you won't pay that price. I do agree it is a lot, but I like the LE and as long as they do a complete collection with no extras at a lower price in the future, it's fine.

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Or they could just make it available on streaming services like crunchyroll like they have...

What do you mean? Madoka is on Hulu, Crackle and other streaming sites.

This is also something i've been wondering. What's Animesuki's community opinion on Kazumi Magica? I see very few people actually posting in that thread so I was wondering if it was because some of you don't like that series.